The Dunlop tyre allocations for Brands Hatch race day have been confirmed, with the majority of the field required to run the option soft tyre in Races 1 and 2, with only Team Parker Racing’s Stephen Jelley and Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith running the softs in Race 3, though it may not matter, as rain … More »
Jake Hill says he is hoping to end the final weekend of the BTCC season with a trophy to have name after a solid performance in qualifying at Brands Hatch. The Team HARD. driver put his VW CC in the top ten for the second meeting in succession having posted the eighth fastest time, with … More »
Rob Austin says his focus on race day at Brands Hatch is to reward the Handy Motorsport team with more silverware from the final rounds of the BTCC season. Austin put his Toyota Avensis on the second row of the grid having posted the fourth quickest time in a session that started in wet conditions … More »
Tom Chilton says going one better than his Silverstone stand-in Rob Huff is at the forefront of his mind ahead of Brands Hatch race day, after giving Power Maxed Racing their best qualifying result of the season. Chilton put the new Vauxhall Astra fifth on the grid for Sunday, describing his best time set in … More »
Championship leader Ash Sutton was full of praise for Jason Plato after qualifying an unexpected third for the Brands Hatch finale, saying he wouldn’t have been able to set the time he did without a lap-long tow from his Team BMR team-mate. Sutton is protecting a 10-point lead over rival Colin Turkington, who suffered a … More »
Aiden Moffat insisted he was thrilled to have secured a front row start for the final rounds of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch after an impressive performance on track in qualifying. The Laser Tools Racing driver, fresh from celebrating his 21st birthday, edged championship hopeful Ash Sutton off the front row by just 0.006secs … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington was resilient despite his championship hopes being delivered a severe blow in qualifying at Brands Hatch, after the two-time champion qualified down in 17th after an engine misfire, while championship leader Ash Sutton qualified in third in his Subaru. Turkington spent half the session in the pits as the team … More »
Title contender Colin Turkington said he isn’t expecting to be in the battle for pole at Brands Hatch this afternoon, but is confident of extracting the maximum from his car in his fight with Ash Sutton. West Surrey Racing’s Turkington said he made good progress with his BMW 125i M-Sport in second practice, despite reporting … More »
Brett Smith led the way in the second and final practice session at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, leading Eurotech Honda team-mate Jack Goff by just over a tenth of a second, with the Team Dynamics Honda of Gordon Shedden third. Goff had led the way through most of the session in the Eurotech … More »
The battle for the 2017 BTCC title will come down to the final three races of the campaign this weekend at Brands Hatch with Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington going head-to-head for the title. Sutton leads the way by ten points having recovered from a disastrous start to the campaign at Brands Hatch back in … More »